Fairbanks International in June 2024

82.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 373 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 74.0% of the time (373 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 45% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from FAI in June 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

June 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jun 2024	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	—	83.2%	73.7%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	82.0%	73.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.0%	1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	—	12.6 min	19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	11	20,371
Scheduled departures	373	—	4,165	611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	235	63%	83.4%	5.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	78	21%	83.3%	11.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	16%	80.0%	-2.4 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	222	83.8%	2.2 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	67	83.6%	11.5 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	30	93.3%	-10.7 min	3.3%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	30	66.7%	5.8 min	3.3%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	24	79.2%	32.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.2%	34.4%	2,121
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	41.5%	2,065
National Aviation System	8.8%	17.8%	404
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,590 delay minutes on 61 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left FAI on time in June 2024?

82.8% of 373 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FAI · methodology · corrections.